Every August, primary care doctors stock their clinics with influenza vaccines and start reminding patients to get their annual shot. We usually tell patients, “The flu vaccine can reduce your risk of ...

A new study released by the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Iran suggests that getting a flu shot could help reduce a person's risk of having a heart attack. The findings were ...

Flu & Heart Attack: In recent months, there has been a notable increase in flu cases across various countries. Factors such as changing weather, mutations of the virus, and declining immunity are ...

Most of us get the flu - while some get it once every couple of years, others might get it every year. While recovering from flu is easy with rest, and plenty of hydration, and usually does not ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - New research from the American Heart Association suggests that getting vaccinated against the flu or other viral illnesses could be a crucial step in preventing heart attacks and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — As if the flu wasn't bad enough already: Researchers have confirmed that flu sharply increases the risk of heart attack for older people. Doctors have long known that flu can trigger ...

Getting a flu vaccination may lower the risk of heart attack by 26% and the risk of cardiovascular deaths by 33%, according to a new meta-analysis published Nov. 19 in Scientific Reports. For the ...

So far, there are 66 deaths from the flu in Georgia. Amid the most intense flu season in more than a decade, a new study published in the The New England Journal of Medicine confirms that the flu ...

A nationwide Danish study found that flu can sharply raise the short-term risk of heart attack and stroke, while prior vaccination was linked to a markedly lower excess risk in people who still became ...